The 12th International Conference on the History of
Science in East Asia TRIBUTE TO A GENERATION
July 14-18  | The International Society for the History of East Asian Science,
Technology, and Medicine (ISHEASTM) will be holding the 12th
International Conference on the History of Science in East
Asia at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, July
14-18, 2008.
CONFERENCE REPORT
All conference participants will receive a published version of the program at the conference CONFERENCE PROGRAM (DRAFT)
All conference participants will receive a published version of the program at the conference
Summary of Program
MASTER LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
Washington, DC Field Trip: Wednesday, July 16, 2008!
For general information please click here! Campus Map: Location of Charles Commons Conference Center, (E5 Building #89) the Glass Pavilion (E2 Building #27) and Sunday Welcome Reception (G5 between buildings #90 and #93) Reading for Thursday Lunch Discussion on Cultural Manifolds:
"A Multi-dimensional Approach to Research on Ancient Science" |
ATTENTION! PARKING/TRANSPORTATION Nearest Parking for Charles Commons: Union Memorial Hospital Parking Map
BWI Airport to Charles Commons Transport Options
There is no convenient Metro Line from BWI airport to Hopkins Campus.
Taxi $30/cab
Shuttle $20/person
From Dulles airport take the Dulles-DC Metroline from the airport to
Rosslyn Station. Then take the DC Metro Orange line (Direction New
Carrolton) to the Metro Center.
Then take the Red line (Direction Glenmont) to Union Station.
It is too expensive to take a taxi or a shuttle bus from Dulles
airport to Baltimore.
At Union station you can catch the Amtrak train to Baltimore Penn
Station: http://www.unionstationdc.com/transportation.aspx
You can wait for a Hopkins Shuttle to take you up to Charles Commons.
Picks up on Charles Street side of the station. Or you can get a taxi to take you to Charles Commons on 33rd St and N. Charles St. About $8-10 First Generation Joseph Needham
Yabuuti Kiyosi - Review of Scholarship
Zhu Kezhen - Biography in Chinese - Chinese Bibliography
Li Yan
Qian Baocong ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Second Generation Mainland China Japan Korea
Li Di - In Memoriam Nakayama Shigeru Jeon Sang-Woon
Pan Jixing Yamada Keiji
Xi Zezong United States Malaysia/Australia/England
Nathan Sivin Ho Peng-Yoke This interview with Professor Shigeru Nakayama was originally published in "Gendai Shiso" (“Revue de la pensée d'aujour d'hui”), 2001, vol. 29, no. 10. in a special issue on "Science Studies", pp. 46-61.
It was published by Seido-Sha Tokyo and made available on the web with the permission of the interviewee and interviewers.
NOTICE: All chairs of panels and individual presenters of papers please print out the following guidelines before coming to the meeting: CONFERENCE RULES FOR CHAIRS/MODERATORS
Specific Guidelines for 12th ICHSEA Chairs CONFERENCE RULES FOR PRESENTERS
Specifc Guidelines for 12th ICHSEA Speakers CHAIRS of Panels and Individual Papers Sessions:
The organisers are particularly interested in hearing from people who are coming and are willing to chair sessions. Please email the organisers directly at mhanson4@jhmi.edu and m.low@uq.edu.au with "Available to Chair" in email heading. Thanks. CONFERENCE BOOK EXHIBIT at BARNES & NOBLE
Please send your recommendations for recent books to be exhibited directly to both the Trade Manager Roger Bacon at TM714@bncollege.com and General Manager Joe Struge at Bookstore@hd.jhu.edu. In Subject heading write: "Attn: July 14-18 Hist. of East Asian Sci Conf booklist".
Workshop:
BODY WHOLES, BODY PARTS: A CULTURAL HISTORY OF THE BODY IN CHINESE MEDICINE
Sponsors: New Perspectives in Chinese Culture & Society Program, Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange/American Council of Learned Societies & The Institute of the History of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University
Saturday, July 19, 2008 9 am - 5 pm
There is no fee for this workshop, but pre-registration is required
For further information contact, Marta Hanson, mhanson4@jhmi.edu
http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/martahanson/research/conferences.htm
Asian Society for the History of Medicine
Taniguchi Medal 2008
The Taniguchi Medal commemorates the great contribution of Mr. Taniguchi Toyosaburo, whose foundation supported the International Symposium for the Comparative History of Medicine East and West over the course of twenty-three consecutive years (1976-1999). The Medal will be awarded at meetings of the ASHM to a graduate student for an outstanding essay (whether published or not yet published) on some aspect of the history of medicine. Any graduate student (as of July 31, 2008) who meets any one of the following criteria is eligible to apply: 1) is enrolled in an Asian university, 2) works on Asian medicine, 3) is of Asian nationality. The recipient of the Medal will be invited to attend the 2008 ASHM Meeting courtesy of the Society. Submission of Essays and Award for 2008: 1. Paper format: an article in English, double-spaced, maximum 20 pages in length.
2. Submissions must be accompanied by a nomination letter from a faculty advisor
3. Deadline for submissions: July 31, 2008
4. Review by notification : August 31, 2008
5. The medal will be awarded at the ASHM Meeting to be held in China on November 4-6, 2008
6. Please submit your essay to both of the following addresses:
ASHM@mail.ihp.sinica.edu.tw Secretariat, Asian Society for the History of Medicine, Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica, Nankang 11529, Taipei, TAIWAN
http://www.ihp.sinica.edu.tw/~medicine/ashm/chinese.html
CALL FOR PAPERS Asian Medicine: Cultivating Traditions and the Challenges of Globalisation Seventh International Congress on Traditional Asian Medicine (ICTAM)
7-11 September 2009 Institute of Traditional Medicine Services, Thimphu, Bhutan
Abstracts Deadline August 1, 2008
Send abstract proposal to Emma Griffin: emma.griffin@ucl.ac.uk
Registration details available at: http://www.iastam.org/conferences.htm
CALL FOR PAPERS XXIII International Congress of History of Science and Technology: Ideas and Instruments in Social Context
26-31 July 2009 Budapest, Hungary
Abstracts due January 15, 2009
See Conference website for details: http://www.conferences.hu/ichs09/
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS Sixth SINO US Symposium on Medicine in the 21st Century 10-11 October 2008 Baltimore, Maryland, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Deadline July 1, 2008
See conference website for details: http://www.hopkinscme.edu/CourseDetail.aspx?course_code=80019430
ABSTRACT SUBMISSIONS
TO SEE ACCEPTED PANELS, INDIVIDUAL PAPER SUBMISSIONS AND POSTER BOARDS PLEASE CLICK HERE!
Abstract submissions will be accepted until March 1, 2008. Panal, paper, and poster board abstracts of 250 words should be sent via e-mail attachment to conference organizers: Marta Hanson and Morris Low. Please remember the sooner we receive your paper the sooner we will respond! Panels will be 2 hours duration. 20 minutes for each paper and 10 minutes for discussants. Panel proposals can be of two types:
3 papers with a discussant or 4 papers on a central theme. Please include a 250-300 word summary of the theme of the panel and an abstract of approx. 300 words for each paper proposed. Please indicate whether or not the suggested discussant has agreed to participate in the panel. Please see accepted panels for examples of successful panel proposals.
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